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Robinson's Podcast59 - Tamar Schapiro: Inclination, Will, and The Animal SelfTamar Schapiro is Professor of Philosophy at MIT. Her work centers on value theory, the history of ethics, and how this relates to human agency and reasoning. Robinson and Tamar’s discussion center around her latest book, Feeling Like It: A Theory of Inclination and Will, which explores the relationship between the two in a Kantian framework. They also talk about her experience teaching ethics at STEM-focused schools (Tamar taught at Stanford for fifteen years before moving to the east coast), Kant’s thoughts on free will, topics in the history of ethics, and why she teaches Ayn Rand’s phil...
2023-03-061h 31
Plato's CaveEp. 18 - Tamar Schapiro: Weakness of WillIn this episode, I speak with philosopher Tamar Schapiro about her work on weak willed action from a Kantian perspective. This all relates to her forthcoming book, Feeling Like it: a Theory of Inclination and Will.
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/feeling-like-it-9780198862932?facet_narrowbyreleaseDate_facet=Released%20this%20month&lang=en&cc=us
https://philosophy.mit.edu/schapiro/
https://philpeople.org/profiles/tamar-schapiro
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2021-03-2637 min
Philosophy Talk Starters110: What is a Child?More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/what-child.
Back in the middle ages, people thought of children simply as little adults. Modern psychology has destroyed that theory. But then, what is a child? How are their minds different? And what are the moral implications of these differences for how we should treat them? Join John and Ken as they reflect on the nature of childhood with Tamar Schapiro from Stanford University.
2015-10-2709 min
Philosophy TalkThe Demands of MoralityWe all want to lead a moral life. But even if we all agreed on what that would mean, we still have to balance our own self-interest with the competing demands of morality. This becomes even more challenging when the decks are stacked against us, or when everyone around us is only looking out for themselves. So in the real world, what does it mean to live a moral life? Do we have a responsibility to act morally when others around us are not? And what do we do if morality makes excessive demands of us? John and Ken balance...
2013-04-2849 min
Select EpisodesThe Demands of MoralityMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/demands-morality.
We all want to lead a moral life. But even if we all agreed on what that would mean, we still have to balance our own self-interest with the competing demands of morality. This becomes even more challenging when the decks are stacked against us, or when everyone around us is only looking out for themselves. So in the real world, what does it mean to live a moral life? Do we have a responsibility to act morally when others around us are not? And what do we do if morality makes excessive...
2013-04-2849 minBillboardsThe Demands of MoralityMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/demands-morality.
We all want to lead a moral life. But even if we all agreed on what that would mean, we still have to balance our own self-interest with the competing demands of morality. This becomes even more challenging when the decks are stacked against us, or when everyone around us is only looking out for themselves. So in the real world, what does it mean to live a moral life? Do we have a responsibility to act morally when others around us are not? And what do we do if morality makes excessive...
2013-04-2849 minPhilosophy Talk: Select EpisodesThe Demands of MoralityMore at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/demands-morality.
We all want to lead a moral life. But even if we all agreed on what that would mean, we still have to balance our own self-interest with the competing demands of morality. This becomes even more challenging when the decks are stacked against us, or when everyone around us is only looking out for themselves. So in the real world, what does it mean to live a moral life? Do we have a responsibility to act morally when others around us are not? And what do we do if morality makes excessive...
2013-04-2849 min